Teen Pregnancy on Shine

Will you have “the Talk” before it’s too late?

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Ah, the irony. Just when we get our heads around the idea that we’re overparenting our kids into apathetic nubs, we find out that we’re still underparenting in one crucial area. That’s right, even…

Teens trying to get pregnant

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This is a serious subject and nothing to laugh at, least of which by the moms of teen girls who are actually trying to get pregnant. All this goes to show in some of the…

Teen Vogue features pregnant teen on cover

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Teen Vogue unwittingly put its first pregnant teen on the cover of the November issue, not realizing until after the shoot that one of the two…

User post: What I learned from a 14-year-old Mother

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In the days and weeks after this particular birth, I’ve asked myself so many questions and learned some very important things. While some of those things I cannot express without breeching any confidentiality, one of the most important things I learned needs to be shared and talked about. And that’s why I am telling people this story, both in conversation as well as through this article. Birth can be so much different than most women in this country know it. This one girl, her beautiful baby and their birth story are proof of the possibilities.